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Saint John Neumann Regional Academy celebrates Class of 2026

Eleven young adults entered the stage as students and walked off the other side ready to take on the world as Saint John Neumann Regional Academy held its 56th annual commencement ceremony Thursday night. “Seniors, the big day is finally here. It is normal to feel an overwhelming mix of ...

Fireworks moving to Lycoming County Fairgrounds

Hughesville Borough will be hosting the Fourth of July fireworks display this year, Neal Winder, president of the Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department, announced at this week’s Lycoming County Commissioners’ meeting. Winder said that the fire department’s carnival building should be ...

Radio station confirms change for fireworks venue

The Lycoming County Fairgrounds-owned property in Hughesville will be the host site of the 31st Annual Backyard Broadcasting’s Set the Night to Music Fireworks Celebration. Backyard Broadcasting General Manager and CEO Van Michael has confirmed that the fireworks are set for display at ...

Attorney cites case law in fight against egg farm plan

A Muncy attorney provided case law for Muncy Creek Township supervisors to review prior to their decision on conditional use for a concentrated animal feeding (CAFO) operation-solar farm. Supervisors Eric Newcomer, chair, and Harley Fry II will hold a public meeting and have a verbal decision announced June 25 at 5 p.m., with additional time through July 11 to issue a written decision on both applicants’ conditional use requests. They are looking at the application for Sunny Side Up Farms, a proposed five-barn 350,000 free-range chicken egg-laying operation and Bollinger Solar LLC, ...

Congressional candidate visits Lycoming County

A Democratic candidate looking to unseat a federal lawmaker came out swinging outside a polling station in Williamsport. Rachel Wallace told the Sun-Gazette how U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Dallas, has demonstrated an unresponsiveness that she would counter if elected in November. “Moving back ...

West Virginia born in times of division, struggle

(Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...